Analysis / CommentaryThe Israel-Hamas Conflict: Implications for Nuclear Security in the RegionByDoreen HorschigPublished Jan 11, 2024The Israel-Hamas conflict strains Israel-Iran ties, impacting regional nuclear dynamics. It may strengthen Israel’s resolve to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, prompt Iran’s nuclear acceleration, and hinder U.S.-Iran diplomacy.
Analysis / External PublicationA Redline for Iran?ByEric BrewerPublished Dec 23, 2021Eric Brewer and Nicholas L. Miller explore Biden’s potential red lines when it comes to the expansion of the Iranian nuclear program.
Analysis / CommentaryIran’s Recent Nuclear Announcement in the Context of Rising Regional TensionsByEric BrewerPublished Jan 6, 2020 On January 5—amidst quickly escalating tensions between the United States and Iran—Tehran announced its latest steps to walk back its commitments to the 2015 nuclear deal.
Analysis / CommentarySeeing Red in Trump’s Iran StrategyByEric BrewerPublished Jul 3, 2019Iran’s nuclear actions so far do not merit a redline or the military response that could follow, nor do they rise to the level of an unacceptable threat to the United States or its interests. Rather, they are a signal that, although some in the Trump administration believe otherwise, Iran will not consent to being pushed via sanctions without seeking leverage of its own.
Analysis / CommentaryThe new red line on Iran will failByEric BrewerPublished Jun 6, 2019ERIC BREWER and RICHARD NEPHEW
Analysis / Commentary, Next Gen CommunityConfronting Iran’s Ballistic MissilesByPeter CrailPublished Nov 30, 2017A serious Iran strategy must identify the priority threats that must be stopped, even as other threats are addressed.
Analysis / CommentaryUnpacking Syria’s Chemical Weapons ProblemByRebecca HersmanPublished Aug 26, 2016A series of three chemical weapons attacks in Syria within a two-week span in August 2016 occurred amidst increased scrutiny and criticism from the international community, which has sought to identify and hold accountable those state and/or nonstate actors perpetrating, organizing, or sponsoring these chemical weapons attacks.
Analysis / CommentarySyria’s Humanitarian Crisis: What’s to Be Done?ByRebecca HersmanPublished Dec 21, 2015REBECCA HERSMAN and J. STEPHEN MORRISON
Analysis / Commentary, Next Gen CommunityWhy Engagement, Come What May, Is the Best Policy for Dealing with IranByGraham Flaspoehler and CSIS PONIPublished Apr 8, 2015After sixteen months of negotiations, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) reached April 2, 2015 is an exceptional milestone in the thirty-six years of fraught relations between the West and the Islamic Republic of Iran. However, according to a statement delivered by President Obama outlining the JCPOA, “nothing is agreed until everything is agreed,” and plenty of hazards exist along the way to reaching an eventual comprehensive agreement by the current talks’ stated deadline of June 30th.
Analysis / Commentary, Next Gen CommunityThe Continued Unlikelihood of a Nuclear-Weapon-Free-Zone in the Middle EastByAaron Richards and CSIS PONIPublished Nov 19, 2014There are currently five NWFZs, which have been bound by international treaties signed by all states in those respective regions. The idea of a Middle East NWFZ has been around for nearly forty years, when Iran first proposed it in 1974.